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Welcome to the Liverpool Diocesan Registry web site.

   Diocese of Liverpool

The Diocese was founded in 1880. It covers an area comprising the City of Liverpool, the whole of Merseyside, part of West Lancashire (Ormskirk), part of Cheshire (Warrington) and Wigan, with a population of 1,526,000. The Diocese has 210 parishes and 257 churches.

There is a web site for the Diocese of Liverpool at: www.liverpool.anglican.org
And also a web site for Liverpool Cathedral at:
www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk.
The Church of England web site is at:
www.cofe.anglican.org.
Contact details for other Diocesan Registries can be found at:
www.diocesanregistry.co.uk.

The Work of the Diocesan Registry

Each Diocese of the Church of England has two Legal Officers, the Chancellor and the Registrar, who may have deputies. The following are the main areas of work undertaken by the Registrar at the Diocesan Registry:

Advice
The provision of advice to the Bishops and all other clergy, to diocesan boards and committees, and to Churchwardens and Church Councils, and dealing with general enquiries from members of the public in relation to marriage, baptism, burial, etc.
Appointments
The preparation of notices, licences, permissions, instruments and all other documents relating to the appointment of clergy and lay office holders.
Consecrations
The preparation of the documents required for the consecration of churches, churchyards and cemeteries.
Diocesan Records
The custody of records relating to churches, clergy, etc.
Faculties
The issue of Faculties granted to authorise changes or additions to consecrated buildings and burial grounds.
Marriage Licences
The issue of Common Licences on behalf of the Bishop, to authorise marriages in parish churches and in other buildings licensed for the solemnisation of marriages according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
Patronage
Maintenance of a register of patrons of the diocese, and ensuring that the provisions of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 are complied with in relation to the filling of vacant benefices.

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